login() in Django testing framework

The problem is that you’re not passing RequestContext to your template.

Also, you probably should use the login_required decorator and the client built in the TestCase class.

I’d rewrite it like this:

#views.py
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model

@login_required(login_url="/users/login")
def secure(request):
    user = request.user
    return render(request, 'secure.html', {'email': user.email})



#tests.py
class SimpleTest(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        User = get_user_model()
        user = User.objects.create_user('temporary', 'temporary@gmail.com', 'temporary')

    def test_secure_page(self):
        User = get_user_model()
        self.client.login(username="temporary", password='temporary')
        response = self.client.get('/manufacturers/', follow=True)
        user = User.objects.get(username="temporary")
        self.assertEqual(response.context['email'], 'temporary@gmail.com')